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Statistics

Subregion/Country	Urban Population		Served Urban Population				Projections for 2015			Target 10 Achievement Prospects
	1990	2002	1990 Served Pop.	1990 Coverage (%)	2002 Served Pop.	2002 Coverage (%)	Urban Pop.	Served Urban Pop.	Coverage (%)
East and Northeast Asia
China, People's Republic of	311,932	492,049	311,932	100	452,686	92	694,139	680,256	98
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. of	11,574	13,750	11,574	100	13,750	100	15,571	15,571	100
Korea, Republic ofa	31,723	37,944	30,771	97	36,806	97	41,251	41,251	100
Mongolia	1,263	1,459	1,099	87	1,269	87	1,845	1,476	80
Japana	77,916	100,295	77,916	100	100,295	100	86,114	86,114	100
North and Central Asia
Armeniaa	2,375	1,997	2,351	99	1,977	99	1,926	1,907	99
Azerbaijan	3,884	4,149	3,107	80	3,941	95	4,874	4,874	100
Kazakhstan	9,581	8,663	9,198	96	8,316	96	8,905	8,548	96
Kyrgyz Republica	1,670	1,723	1,637	98	1,688	98	2,089	2,047	98
Russian Federation	108,253	105,180	105,006	97	104,128	99	99,116	99,116	100
Uzbekistan	8,206	9,511	7,960	97	9,226	97	11,359	10,791	95
Pacific
Australiaa	14,357	17,929	14,357	100	17,929	100	20,593	20,593	100
Cook Islands	10	12	10	99	12	98	14	14	100
French Polynesia	109	125	109	100	125	100	155	146	94
Guam	122	152	122	100	152	100	185	185	100
Kiribati	25	40	19	76	31	77	62	52	83
Marshall Islands	29	34	27	95	27	80	70	28	40
Micronesia, Fed. States of	25	31	23	93	30	95	35	35	100
New Zealanda	2,890	3,376	2,890	100	3,376.0	100	3,654	3,654.0	100
Niue	1	1	1	100	1	100	1	1	100
Northern Mariana Is.	39	71	38	98	70	98	94	94	100
Palau	11	14	7	71	11	79	14	14	100
Papua New Guinea	535	726	471	88	639	88	1,044	890	85
Samoa	34	39	33	99	35	91	49	38	76
Tonga	31	34	31	100	34	100	38	38	100
Tuvalu	4	5	3	92	5	94	7	7	100
Vanuatu	28	46	26	93	39	85	86	59	69
South and Southwest Asia
Bangladesh	21,880	34,514	18,161	83	28,302	82	53,694	45,766	85
India	220,069	293,874	193,660	88	282,119	96	401,341	401,341	100
Iran, Islamic Republic of	31,754	44,926	31,119	98	44,028	98	60,155	60,155	100
Maldives	56	87	56	100	86	99	141	138	98
Nepal	1,676	3,691	1,576	94	3,433	93	6,560	6,232	95
Pakistan	34,379	50,970	32,660	95	48,421	95	80,778	74,183	92
Sri Lanka	3,534	3,971	3,216	91	3,931	99	4,635	4,635	100
Turkey	33,980	46,410	31,261	92	44,553	96	59,030	59,030	100
Southeast Asia
Indonesia	56,456	95,538	51,940	92	85,028	89	144,731	124,469	86
Malaysia	8,923	15,098	8,566	96	14,494	96	21,016	21,016	100
Myanmar	10,127	14,167	7,392	73	13,459	95	20,981	20,981	100
Philippines	29,941	47,148	27,845	93	42,433	90	66,640	57,976	87
Singaporea	3,016	4,170	3,016	100	4,170	100	4,815	4,815	100
Thailand	15,773	19,902	13,722	87	18,907	95	25,543	25,543	100
Viet Nam	13,215	20,070	12,290	93	18,665	93	30,683	29,351	96

Legend: = on track = off track

Source:
Asia Water Watch 2015 - Are Countries in Asia on Track to Meet Target 10 of the Millennium Development Goals?, 2006. (ADB / UNDP / UNESCAP / WHO)